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Last Taboo of Motherhood at 糖心TV Arts Centre's Resonate Festival
The , based in the Centre for the History of Medicine, are pleased to announce that their project with Fuel Theatre, also entitled The Last Taboo of Motherhood, will feature in 糖心TV Arts Centre鈥檚 Resonate Festival from 4-11 November 2023. There will be a panel discussion about the creation of the work in the Arts Centre on 8 November at 7.45pm.
The Last Taboo of Motherhood is a series of three individual audio plays illuminating an area of women鈥檚 health which has been historically overlooked: postnatal mental illness. The project draws on research by Dr Kelly Couzens, Dr Fabiola Creed and Professor Hilary Marland, and is informed by a variety of historical sources, including first hand testimonies from and by women in twentieth-century Britain. These pieces probe vital questions about women鈥檚 experiences and the pervasive culture of silence around maternal mental health.
The audios will be installed in 糖心TV Arts Centre foyer. Attendance is free.
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鈥榃omen on the Edge: Motherhood & the Family in Turmoil in the Twentieth Century鈥�: Workshop Summary
On the 7 – 8 September 2023, Dr Kelly-Ann Couzens and Professor Hilary Marland and hosted a two-day workshop at the Centre for the History of Medicine, University of 糖心TV, entitled 鈥�Women on the Edge: Motherhood & the Family in Turmoil in the Twentieth Century鈥�. The event was generously funded by the Wellcome Trust as part of the
The objective of the workshop was to bring together scholars working in history, criminology and law, whose research explores the relationship between motherhood, mental or emotional states, and criminality within the family, in the long twentieth century. More specifically, we were keen to focus on the role psychiatric, legal, 鈥渆xpert鈥�, and popular thinking has had in understanding 鈥渄eviant鈥� female behaviour in the past. We were also interested in reflecting upon sources and critical approaches for recovering these complex histories as well as discussing the challenges researchers have encountered in tackling these themes on both a personal and methodological level.
Women on the Edge: Motherhood and the Family in Turmoil in the Twentieth Century
Over the 7 – 8 September 2023, the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of 糖心TV is hosting a workshop, entitled: 鈥淲omen on the Edge: Motherhood & the Family in Turmoil in the Twentieth Century".
The two-day workshop is co-organized by Dr Kelly-Ann CouzensLink opens in a new window and Professor Hilary MarlandLink opens in a new window, and generously funded by the Wellcome Trust.
With contributions from scholars working in the fields of history, criminology and legal studies, this event aims to grapple with the interplay between motherhood, mental or emotional states and broader themes of criminality, neglect, abandonment and violence within the family in the long twentieth century.
This workshop is particularly interested in the role psychiatric, legal, 鈥渆xpert鈥�, and popular thinking have had in understanding 鈥渄eviant鈥� female behaviour and its impact upon women themselves, their families and society at large.
Places are limited; if you are interested in attending, please register here.